Ekrem Cemilpaşa

[1] Ekrem Cemilpaşa attended the military school in Diyarbakir and followed up on his education in Istanbul.

[2] As World War I began, Ekrem Cemilpaşa was called to defend the Ottoman Empire.

[1] After the end of the war, he returned to Diyarbakır, where he was one of the founders of the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan, and was in charge of the publication of the Jîn magazine.

[2] He attempted to gain the support of the British diplomats for the creation of an independent Kurdistan, but his approach was not awarded.

[4] He was released from prison in 1929 and left Turkey for Syria with his cousins Kadri, Mehmed and Bedri Cemilpaşa.